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Filing a Motion in State Court Prior to Removal May Not Constitute Waiver

In Abraham Watkins Nichols Agosto Aziz & Stogner v. Festeryga, No. 23-20337, 2025 WL 2621301 (5th Cir. Sept. 11, 2025), the plaintiff law firm sued its former associate attorney in Texas state court ...
JD Supra

New Jersey Appellate Division confirms timing options for filing a motion to dismiss pursuant to New Jersey Court Rule 4:6-2(e)

In the recent case of Bank, et al. v. Lee, the New Jersey Appellate Division addressed a significant procedural issue regarding the timing for parties to file a motion to dismiss pursuant to New ...
Law

Family Judge's Ban on Filing of Motions Abused Discretion, Appeals Court Says

What Family Part judge hasn’t wanted to shut the door on acrimonious, frivolous, seemingly pointless post-judgment motions, the way Rosemary Ramsay did in late 2008? Rather than review the merits of a ...
Yahoo

Attorneys for Dylann Roof file motion to vacate death sentence

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Attorneys for the man who opened fire at a Charleston church in 2015, killing nine members of the congregation, have filed a motion to vacate his sentence. The motion to ...
KTLA

UMG skewers Drake while filing motion to dismiss lawsuit, says he ‘lost a rap battle that he provoked’

Universal Music Group has filed a motion to dismiss rapper Drake’s lawsuit against them. The Toronto rapper born Aubrey Drake Graham, sued the label for defamation and harassment claims over Kendrick ...